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Originally Posted by hawglvr
Need some advice ! Purchased a new home taking it over in July 2017. Hired Superior Lawn service (1-800-Pest Control) to take care of my lawn. After the winter, the lawn is still very brown in places and is looking horrible. Misco who laid the sod came out and stated it needed fertilizer, so Superior fertilized it in March 2018. Superior in Feb 2018 stated my lawn was not being watered enough (1 hour per each cycle) but the supervisor over road my guy stating I water enough. Now in April 2018 Superior states it is watered too much and the roots cant take root, but the supervisor stated he is coming out again to determine if the water is correct. A guy from True Green came out and stated we have a Chlorisis Fungus eating our lawn. Deans came out and stated it needs pesticide and fertilizer. Mico who laid the Sod will not come out again unless I give them $65 to take a look. Now the manager of Superior has blamed our lawn not taking root on the guy who mows the lawn. Told by Superior we may need to replace our sod in places. (we haven't even made it here one year and need to replace the sod) ?
Any suggestions ?
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ZOYZIA goes dormant for the cool weather so it will appear to be dead. That is, well, unlikely. We all, including me. argue with NATURE.
If, you tell your lawn care people to apply fertilizer they will AND THEY WILL GLADLY CHARGE YOU FOR IT. Look up INSTRUCTIONS for the care of EMPIRE ZOYZIA and follow it. What it will tell you is to use a N-P-K (nitrogen phosphate, phosphorus) ratio of 1-0-1. TRANSLATION
10-0-10, 15-0-15 are the same ratio. It will tell you not more than 1 lb nitrogen per 1000 sq ft. It will tell you to use SLOW RELEASE nitrogen-most commonly the bag will say sulpher coated urea
One hour per cycle really does not answer the question.
It is not a matter of time but how much water. You can measure that by putting out shallow dishes and measuring the AMOUNT of water being applied. Half to 3/4 inch is what the instructions say. You mention SOMEONE saying fungus. THIS IS FLORIDA-everyone has fungus and everyone has insects SO IT IS A SAFE GUESS. What matters is do you have enough to be a problem. Applying too much fertilizer, over watering will cause fungus. Fungus attacks all that new soft lawn growth that YOU are forcing.
You have a NEW LAWN. Translation, they laid sod on top of the sandy clay soil we have. If, you are familiar with sod it is grass where they cut off most of the roots and turn it into a sort of carpet that they lay down. It takes about a year for it to properly root in. Till you lawn roots in-likely, you can simply pick up your lawn because it has little or no roots beyond the inch that came with the cut off sod that was laid down. You should run your water for about 1/2 inch three times a week-THAT IS LEGAL, OK, WITH A NEW LAWN.
RELAX-YOU CANNOT PUSH MOTHER NATURE-YOUR LAWN CAN'T READ-OH AND IT DOES NOT CARE WHAT YOU WANT.